In aromatic compounds with more than one substituent, the substituents are numbered to give the lowest possible locants, with the substituent listed first in alphabetical order.
The compound consists of a methyl group and a chlorine atom attached to a benzene ring. The correct IUPAC name is 1-Chloro-4-Methylbenzene, where the numbering starts from the position of the chlorine atom, followed by the methyl group.
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Thus, the correct answer is option (3).
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